Re: Version Control Software

David Lidstone wrote:

Benjamin Darwin wrote:

After reading a topic on the list here about someone losing their website, and having a minor mistake on my own that cost me a week's work on a file (basically, tested the file, then uploaded to the live site and took the daily backup off the live site.. only to find the file was messed up.. and had to go to the weekly backup off cd to recover it, losing a week of work).. I'm wondering if anybody knows of a version control software program that may fit my needs. Basically, I'm looking for something that runs locally, not on the live site, that I can edit the files on the dev computer, and store old versions on the dev computer, and then just publish off of the local onto the live site whenever I need to. Anybody have any suggestons/ideas on how this should be done, and what program is a good fit? Thanks for any help, Ben

Hi Ben Late reply, but... this could give you a really easy start: http://www.jumpbox.com/app/trac If you are not familiar with VMWare, you just need the VMWare Player (or above), which is free. All you do is 'play' the server image on your computer and you are away. Even if it won't suit your needs (I think there is no SSL or multiple project support on the jumpbox version unless you buy a subscription), it will give you a handy taster of what you get with SVN, Apache serving SVN and Trac before going through installing it yourself. If no-one else has mentioned it... http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ I also like TortoiseSVN when using Windows. Good luck. David

May I also suggest smartSVN (www.syntevo.com) instead of TortoiseSVN. I already have too many programs cluttering my context menus, adding a ton via TortoiseSVN (coupled with its acentral windows behaviour) was just annoying to me. SmartSVN works a lot easier imo.